Definition

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context :— (a) “Begging” means (i) soliciting or receiving alms in a public place or entering on any private premises for the purpose of soliciting or receiving aims, whether under the pretence of singing, dancing, fortune-telling, performing tricks or selling articles or otherwise; (ii) exhibiting or exhibiting, with the object of obtaining or extorting alms, any sore, would, injury, deformity or disease, whether of himself or of any other person or of an animal; (iii) allowing oneself to be used as an exhibit for the purpose of soliciting or receiving alms; (b) “Brothel”, “prostitute” “prostitution” and “public place” shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and Girls Act, 1956 (104 of 1956); (c) “Child” means a boy who has not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who has not attained the age of eighteen years; (d) “Children’s Home” means an institution established as such by the state Government under section 26; (e) “Court” means a Juvenile Court established under section 4 of this Act; (f) “Dangerous drugs” shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Dangerous Drugs Act 1930 (2 of 1930); (g) “Institution” means a Children’s home, Special School or remand home; (h) “Delinquent child” means any child who has been found to have committed an offence; (i) “Fit person” means a person considered fit and appointed as such by the juvenile Court for custody of a child or a delinquent child, who undertakes to bring up or to give facilities for bringing up any child or delinquent child entrusted to his care in conformity with the religion of his birth; (j) “Guardian” in relation to a child or delinquent child includes any person who, in the opinion of the court having cognizance of any proceedings in relation to the child or delinquent child or in which the child or delinquent child is concerned, has for the time being the actual charge of or control over the child or delinquent child; (k) “Neglected child” means a child who— (i) is found begging or; (ii) is found without having any home, settled place of abode or any ostensible means of subsistence or is found destitute, whether he is an orphan or not; or (iii) has a parent or guardian who is unfit to exercise or does not exercise proper care and control over the child; or (iv) lives in brothel or with a prostitute or frequently goes to any place used for the purpose of prostitution, or is found to associate with any prostitute or any other person who leads an immoral, drunken or depraved life; (v) frequents the company of any reputed thief or criminal or is otherwise likely to fall into bad association or to be exposed to moral danger or to enter upon a life of crime; (l) “Place of safety” includes a remand home or children’s home or any other suitable place or institution, or any orphanage, the occupier or manager of which is willing temporarily to receive a child; (m) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) “Probation Officer” means an officer appointed as a probation officer under section 30 of this Act or under the Probation of Offenders Act, 1958 (20 of 1958); (o) “Remand home” means any institution or place established or recognised by the State Government under this Act for the temporary reception of Children during the pendency of any inquiry under this Act; (p) “Society” means a body or association of individuals, whether incorporated or not; (q) “Special School” means an institution established by the State Government under section 25; (r) “Street” includes any highway, public bridge, road, lane, footpath, square, court alley or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; (s) “Supervision” means the placing of a child under the control of a probation officer or other person for the purpose of securing proper care and protection of the child by his parent, guardian, relation or any other fit person to whose care the child has been committed. The expression “supervision order” shall be construed accordingly; (t) “State Government” means the Government of the State of Manipur; (u) “Visitor” means a person appointed by the State Government for a specified period for periodical inspection of the institutions and submission of report; (v) All words and expressions used but not defined in this Act and defined in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Code.